Damboa weather in January

In January, Damboa sees average daytime highs of 31°C and overnight lows near 15°C, with 0 mm of rain across 0 wet days and about 11.4 hours of daylight. It is the 10th-warmest and 10th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 30°C in the first days to 33°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 62% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 24 min at the start of January to 11 h 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Damboa's 2nd-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Damboa's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 31°; 10th warmest
Overnight low: 15°; 1st coldest
Rainfall: 0 mm; 0 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 24 min; 6:36 AM – 6:01 PM
Cloud cover: 33%; 2nd clearest
Wind: 11 km/h; 3rd windiest
Solar energy: 6.13 kWh/m²
Travel score: 5.6; out of 10

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Temperature in January

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 30°C in the first days to 33°C by the end.

A typical January day in Damboa reaches about 31°C in the afternoon and slips back to 15°C overnight — a 16°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 27°C and 35°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs on par with December and about 3°C cooler than February.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	33	33	33	33	33	33
Avg low (°C)	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	17

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	30	15
2	30	15
3	30	15
4	30	15
5	30	15
6	30	15
7	30	15
8	30	15
9	30	15
10	31	15
11	31	15
12	31	15
13	31	15
14	31	15
15	31	15
16	31	15
17	31	15
18	31	15
19	32	15
20	32	15
21	32	16
22	32	16
23	32	16
24	32	16
25	32	16
26	33	16
27	33	16
28	33	16
29	33	16
30	33	16
31	33	17

How January really feels in Damboa

Once humidity and wind are folded in, January averages 10 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

The story in January is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Damboa weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 10th-warmest and 10th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	31° / 15°	0	0	11.4	5.6
Feb	35° / 18°	0	0	11.6	3.6
Mar	38° / 22°	0	0.1	11.9	1.1
Apr	40° / 26°	8	2.4	12.2	0.1
May	38° / 27°	33	8.3	12.5	0.9
Jun	35° / 25°	54	11.5	12.6	2.4
Jul	32° / 24°	117	18.4	12.6	3.3
Aug	30° / 23°	195	23.1	12.4	3.4
Sep	31° / 23°	104	16.2	12.1	3.6
Oct	34° / 22°	24	5.4	11.7	3.2
Nov	34° / 19°	0	0.1	11.5	3.6
Dec	32° / 16°	0	0	11.4	5.5

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 62% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 13% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 25%.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	81	81	81	79	79	79	78	77	76	76	74	74	73	73	73	72	72	72	72	72	72	73	73	72	73	74	74	75	75	75	76
Cloudier (%)	19	19	19	21	21	21	22	23	24	24	26	26	27	27	27	28	28	28	28	28	28	27	27	28	27	26	26	25	25	25	24

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	81	19
2	81	19
3	81	19
4	79	21
5	79	21
6	79	21
7	78	22
8	77	23
9	76	24
10	76	24
11	74	26
12	74	26
13	73	27
14	73	27
15	73	27
16	72	28
17	72	28
18	72	28
19	72	28
20	72	28
21	72	28
22	73	27
23	73	27
24	72	28
25	73	27
26	74	26
27	74	26
28	75	25
29	75	25
30	75	25
31	76	24

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Damboa gets around 0 mm of rain over 0 wet days in January. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 0% and peaks near 0% on the wettest days.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

	Rain chance (%)
1	0
2	0
3	0
4	0
5	0
6	0
7	0
8	0
9	0
10	0
11	0
12	0
13	0
14	0
15	0
16	0
17	0
18	0
19	0
20	0
21	0
22	0
23	0
24	0
25	0
26	0
27	0
28	0
29	0
30	0
31	0

Humidity in January

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of January feels dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, January lands in the dry band about 100% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Dry (%)	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

Wind in January

Winds average 11 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 11 km/h on the calmest days to 12 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	11	calm
2	11	calm
3	11	calm
4	11	calm
5	11	calm
6	11	calm
7	11	calm
8	11	calm
9	11	calm
10	11	calm
11	11	calm
12	11	calm
13	11	calm
14	11	calm
15	11	calm
16	11	calm
17	11	calm
18	11	calm
19	11	calm
20	11	calm
21	11	calm
22	11	calm
23	11	calm
24	11	calm
25	11	calm
26	11	calm
27	11	calm
28	12	calm
29	12	calm
30	12	calm
31	12	calm

Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 24 min at the start of January to 11 h 30 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 6 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 6:31 AM to 6:37 AM, and sunset from 5:53 PM to 6:08 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5
Sunrise (AM)	6:31	6:32	6:32	6:33	6:33	6:33	6:34	6:34	6:34	6:34	6:35	6:35	6:35	6:35	6:36	6:36	6:36	6:36	6:36	6:37	6:37	6:37	6:37	6:37	6:37	6:37	6:37	6:37	6:37	6:37	6:37
Sunset (PM)	5:53	5:53	5:54	5:54	5:55	5:55	5:56	5:56	5:57	5:58	5:58	5:59	5:59	6:00	6:00	6:01	6:01	6:02	6:02	6:03	6:03	6:04	6:04	6:04	6:05	6:05	6:06	6:06	6:07	6:07	6:08

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.4	6:31	5:53
2	11.4	6:32	5:53
3	11.4	6:32	5:54
4	11.4	6:33	5:54
5	11.4	6:33	5:55
6	11.4	6:33	5:55
7	11.4	6:34	5:56
8	11.4	6:34	5:56
9	11.4	6:34	5:57
10	11.4	6:34	5:58
11	11.4	6:35	5:58
12	11.4	6:35	5:59
13	11.4	6:35	5:59
14	11.4	6:35	6:00
15	11.4	6:36	6:00
16	11.4	6:36	6:01
17	11.4	6:36	6:01
18	11.4	6:36	6:02
19	11.4	6:36	6:02
20	11.4	6:37	6:03
21	11.4	6:37	6:03
22	11.4	6:37	6:04
23	11.5	6:37	6:04
24	11.5	6:37	6:04
25	11.5	6:37	6:05
26	11.5	6:37	6:05
27	11.5	6:37	6:06
28	11.5	6:37	6:06
29	11.5	6:37	6:07
30	11.5	6:37	6:07
31	11.5	6:37	6:08

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 6.13 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.98 kWh/m² to a high of 7.14 kWh/m² in March across the year — January's 6.13 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.4
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	6.0	Bright
2	6.0	Bright
3	6.0	Bright
4	6.0	Bright
5	6.0	Intense
6	6.0	Intense
7	6.0	Intense
8	6.0	Intense
9	6.0	Intense
10	6.0	Intense
11	6.1	Intense
12	6.1	Intense
13	6.1	Intense
14	6.1	Intense
15	6.1	Intense
16	6.1	Intense
17	6.1	Intense
18	6.2	Intense
19	6.2	Intense
20	6.2	Intense
21	6.2	Intense
22	6.2	Intense
23	6.2	Intense
24	6.3	Intense
25	6.3	Intense
26	6.3	Intense
27	6.3	Intense
28	6.3	Intense
29	6.3	Intense
30	6.3	Intense
31	6.4	Intense

Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Damboa

In seasonPeak

In January, Damboa sits inside its dust season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Damboa's monsoon runs July–September, when most of the year's rain falls.

Damboa sees seasonal dust haze (January–July), heaviest in March.

Monsoon

Dust

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is January a good time to visit Damboa?

Our two travel scores rate January for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

5.6

Sightseeing

1st-best month of the year

8.5

Beach & pool

1st-best month of the year

January is a reasonable time to visit Damboa for sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Damboa in January

From January's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In January, Damboa sees daytime highs around 31°C and nights near 15°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Damboa in January

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in January peaks around 8 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Damboa peaks around August 17 at about 12 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 18 at about 7 (high).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	8	8	12	10	9	9	11	13	11	11	9	7
Level	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	High

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	8	Very high
Feb	8	Very high
Mar	12	Extreme
Apr	10	Extreme
May	9	Very high
Jun	9	Very high
Jul	11	Extreme
Aug	13	Extreme
Sep	11	Extreme
Oct	11	Extreme
Nov	9	Very high
Dec	7	High

Air quality in Damboa in January

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where January falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Damboa is worst in February — around 101 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 4.5× the cleanest month (August, 22 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	94	101	97	70	42	34	23	22	28	55	68	87
Level	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Poor	Unhealthy	Unhealthy

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	94	Unhealthy
Feb	101	Unhealthy
Mar	97	Unhealthy
Apr	70	Unhealthy
May	42	Poor
Jun	34	Moderate
Jul	23	Moderate
Aug	22	Moderate
Sep	28	Moderate
Oct	55	Poor
Nov	68	Unhealthy
Dec	87	Unhealthy

Location & terrain

Where is Damboa?

Damboa sits at 11.2°N, 12.8°E, 401 m above sea level, in Nigeria. The nearest listed city is Biu, 86 km away.

Topography around Damboa

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Damboa.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Damboa has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 21 m around an average of 396 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 90 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 536 m.

The land around Damboa is covered by cropland (65%) within 3 km, grassland (46%), cropland (31%) and shrubs (22%) within 16 km, and grassland (52%), shrubs (26%) and cropland (21%) within 80 km.

3 km

21 m

cropland 65%

16 km

90 m

grassland 46%

80 km

536 m

grassland 52%

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← December Damboa year-round climate February →Best places to visit in January

January weather nearby: Biu 86 km · Maiduguri 88 km · Gwoza 103 km · Magumeri 107 km · Damaturu 109 km · Bama 110 km · Gombi 110 km · Mubi 113 km

Nigeria travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 3; Reconsider Travel
Power plugs: Type D / G; 230 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 13% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $1,224; 2025
Happiness: 4.8 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 30%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 15.7; per 100k, 2023
Road deaths: 20.7; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: Lower middle; World Bank
English: High; EF EPI 569
Religion

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Damboa (11.1553°, 12.7564°, elevation 401 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	30	15
2	30	15
3	30	15
4	30	15
5	30	15
6	30	15
7	30	15
8	30	15
9	30	15
10	31	15
11	31	15
12	31	15
13	31	15
14	31	15
15	31	15
16	31	15
17	31	15
18	31	15
19	32	15
20	32	15
21	32	16
22	32	16
23	32	16
24	32	16
25	32	16
26	33	16
27	33	16
28	33	16
29	33	16
30	33	16
31	33	17

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	81	19
2	81	19
3	81	19
4	79	21
5	79	21
6	79	21
7	78	22
8	77	23
9	76	24
10	76	24
11	74	26
12	74	26
13	73	27
14	73	27
15	73	27
16	72	28
17	72	28
18	72	28
19	72	28
20	72	28
21	72	28
22	73	27
23	73	27
24	72	28
25	73	27
26	74	26
27	74	26
28	75	25
29	75	25
30	75	25
31	76	24

	Rain chance (%)
1	0
2	0
3	0
4	0
5	0
6	0
7	0
8	0
9	0
10	0
11	0
12	0
13	0
14	0
15	0
16	0
17	0
18	0
19	0
20	0
21	0
22	0
23	0
24	0
25	0
26	0
27	0
28	0
29	0
30	0
31	0

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	30	15
2	30	15
3	30	15
4	30	15
5	30	15
6	30	15
7	30	15
8	30	15
9	30	15
10	31	15
11	31	15
12	31	15
13	31	15
14	31	15
15	31	15
16	31	15
17	31	15
18	31	15
19	32	15
20	32	15
21	32	16
22	32	16
23	32	16
24	32	16
25	32	16
26	33	16
27	33	16
28	33	16
29	33	16
30	33	16
31	33	17

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	81	19
2	81	19
3	81	19
4	79	21
5	79	21
6	79	21
7	78	22
8	77	23
9	76	24
10	76	24
11	74	26
12	74	26
13	73	27
14	73	27
15	73	27
16	72	28
17	72	28
18	72	28
19	72	28
20	72	28
21	72	28
22	73	27
23	73	27
24	72	28
25	73	27
26	74	26
27	74	26
28	75	25
29	75	25
30	75	25
31	76	24

	Rain chance (%)
1	0
2	0
3	0
4	0
5	0
6	0
7	0
8	0
9	0
10	0
11	0
12	0
13	0
14	0
15	0
16	0
17	0
18	0
19	0
20	0
21	0
22	0
23	0
24	0
25	0
26	0
27	0
28	0
29	0
30	0
31	0

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	30	15
2	30	15
3	30	15
4	30	15
5	30	15
6	30	15
7	30	15
8	30	15
9	30	15
10	31	15
11	31	15
12	31	15
13	31	15
14	31	15
15	31	15
16	31	15
17	31	15
18	31	15
19	32	15
20	32	15
21	32	16
22	32	16
23	32	16
24	32	16
25	32	16
26	33	16
27	33	16
28	33	16
29	33	16
30	33	16
31	33	17

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	81	19
2	81	19
3	81	19
4	79	21
5	79	21
6	79	21
7	78	22
8	77	23
9	76	24
10	76	24
11	74	26
12	74	26
13	73	27
14	73	27
15	73	27
16	72	28
17	72	28
18	72	28
19	72	28
20	72	28
21	72	28
22	73	27
23	73	27
24	72	28
25	73	27
26	74	26
27	74	26
28	75	25
29	75	25
30	75	25
31	76	24

	Rain chance (%)
1	0
2	0
3	0
4	0
5	0
6	0
7	0
8	0
9	0
10	0
11	0
12	0
13	0
14	0
15	0
16	0
17	0
18	0
19	0
20	0
21	0
22	0
23	0
24	0
25	0
26	0
27	0
28	0
29	0
30	0
31	0

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100